Smart Robotics
Smart Robotics develops robotic picking systems for warehouse and fulfillment operations. Its pick-and-place automation uses robot arms, grippers, vision and software to handle items in logistics workflows where operators need flexible automation for variable products.
Market context
The company has a real installed base in European logistics automation, with more than 120 deployed systems, 15 countries covered and over one billion picks processed in live operations. Its current positioning is strongest where high-SKU variability makes fixed automation less effective.
Facts
- Website: https://smart-robotics.io
- HQ: Best, Netherlands
- Founded: 2015
- Segment: Warehouse Logistics
- Known funding rounds: 2
Investors
- Innovation Industries - Lead - Angel / Individual - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2019-11-06 - latest 2026-04-21
- Ernij Next - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-04-21
- Rotterdamse Havendraken - Lead - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-04-21
- Mirai Creation Fund - Lead - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2019-11-06
Warehouse picking automation for flexible logistics operations
Smart Robotics develops robotic picking systems for warehouse and logistics operations. The company focuses on flexible automation for pick-and-place workflows where traditional robot programming is costly or too rigid for changing warehouse conditions.
- Target environment: Warehouses, e-commerce fulfilment sites, parcel operations, logistics centres and production logistics environments.
- Deployment model: Robotics solution model built around picking systems, software, deployment support and customer-specific warehouse automation projects.
- Customer context: Logistics operators, warehouse owners, fulfilment providers, parcel networks and companies automating repetitive pick-and-place tasks.
- Workflow context: Item picking, parcel handling, warehouse automation, pick-and-place workflows, vision-guided manipulation and flexible logistics automation.
- Commercial maturity: Smart Robotics has an established product and deployment focus in warehouse automation. Its maturity is strongest in specific picking workflows rather than broad mobile-robot fleets or general-purpo…
- Market position: European warehouse robotics company focused on flexible picking rather than fixed one-off industrial robot cells.
- Adoption constraints: Object variability, picking reliability, integration with warehouse systems, deployment economics, labour-market pressure, throughput requirements and customer-specific edge cases.
- Adjacent context: Warehouse automation, logistics robotics, robotic picking, material handling, machine vision and flexible industrial automation.
- Source confidence: high
Team
- Felix Schmidt - Co-Chief Executive Officer - Current operating leader for Smart Robotics as it commercializes AI-powered warehouse automation and robotic picking systems.
Context tags
- Warehouse robotics builder - Peer Group - Company profile and official context support Warehouse robotics builder.
- Warehouse material handling - Workflow - Company profile and official context support Warehouse material handling.
- Vision-guided robot deployment - Workflow - Company profile and official context support Vision-guided robot deployment.
- Robotic piece-picking software - Peer Group - Company profile and official context support Robotic piece-picking software.
Smart Robotics canonical Korthos profile